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New Kiss Me, Killer lineup hit’s The Plough Inn, Easton

10th June 2019 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Finally! The new Kiss Me, Killer lineup stormed the stage at The Plough Inn, Easton after a long hiatus. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook, Cat, previously our backing singer and rhythm guitarist, has taken over lead vocal duties. And brilliant she sounds too.

The Plough gig was put on by promoters Bristol Skum Collective – a new outfit but one that enjoys the involvement of punk scene stalwarts – in support of homelessness charity, Crisis.

New look Kiss Me, Killer at The Plough Inn, Easton

KMK’s new and reworked songs went down a treat, with Gentrification and Megabus seeming to go down well, and we felt very tight as a unit. As well as the lineup changes we played around with style and sounds, David giving the Gordon Smith a rest for a bit and sporting a tremolo-equipped Strat to add a new dimension and Nat now choosing to use his classic Rickenbacker bass, with really helped his propulsive baselines jump out. Cat gave an assured performance and the overall feedback was great, with some really liking the new sound and lineup.

Two piece punk rock outfit 51st State and Bristol music legend Rita Lynch played storming sets. The night raised £220 for the homeless.

Not a bad return to he gigging scene then!

Filed Under: Band news, Gigs Tagged With: bristol, bs5, DIY punk, easton, gigs, punk rock, riot grrrl

LadiesNight at Bristol’s Red Lion Pub raises over £400 for women’s charities

23rd February 2018 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Kiss Me, killer played their first hometown gig for the year and it was for a couple of great causes.

The ‘LADIES NIGHT’ event presented ‘female-led lineups of badass punk/rave/cheese sounds’ to raise money for charities helping women. The event raised over £408 with proceeds going o Unseen Uk and One25. Unseen UK are based in Bristol and work directly with the survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking. One25 is a compassionate and non-judgemental service to women trapped in or vulnerable to street sex-work, supporting them to break free and build new lives away from violence, poverty and addiction.

Cheri Clouds was on hand with her camera. Check out the images:

Incendiary riot grrrl action rocks the Red Lion.
The band in full flow.
AJ the drummer,
Holly KMK’s new tattoo.
What a great night in aid of two great causes.
Nat mans the KMK merch stall.
David with his famous pink Gordon Smith GS1 – AKA ‘Barbie’ and Cat.
The relentless riffage of David, Cat an Nat baked AJ’s thumping beats.
The extended set featured pretty much out entire repertoire of brustil punk rock.
Holly KMK gets up close with the audience
A dancing Red Lion crowd loved Kiss Me, killer
Cat activates her distortion pedal of doom.
Cat KMK hammers are Telecaster.
‘Tough titties’ – badass frontwoman Holly.

Other bands o the bill were the mighty punk-rock-ska outfit Dive, who have returned to the scene after a 15-year hiatus and FFTP a well known local duo who provide anarchic folk.Pumped by the bands people stayed to dance the night away to a top lineup of local DJs.

KMK were on song with a moshing crowd matching other great gigs we’ve played at BS5’s iconic live music pub, with newish song Tear your Heart Out reaching Bristol ears for the first time.

Filed Under: Gigs Tagged With: bristol, bs5, Charity, DIY, easton, girls to the front, live music, One25, Red Lion, riot grrl, Unseen UK

Back at the Chelsea Inn with Jenn Hart and Ash Judd

13th June 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

The Chelsea Inn has become a real home from home for Kiss Me, Killer and 9 June saw the band play their third gig at the iconic punk pub, with a radically new set.

KMK were supposed to be supporting Plymouth female-fronted outfit, Husbands N Knives, at the Fishlock Promotions gig but sadly a thumping great migraine put paid to that so Bristol’s favorite new band were bumped up to headliners. Our extended 45 minute set included every song that band have ever written and our one cover song.

Before we played we were treated performance punk poetry from Jenn Hart and some furious banjo-driven acoustic punk from Ash Judd.

Nat with the merch
Nat with the merch…

Last time the Chelsea crowd saw us open with Narcissistic Tendencies, a stripped down, retro rock’n’roll tune but this time we decided to hit them with newest song, Snakes, a face-melting composition of such blistering, brutality and with it’s pounding phrygian and chromatic riffs it’s truly terrifying.

‘I thought you were going to launch into Slayer,’ said Oli, audience member and bassist from legendary Bristol doom metallers, Warrior Pope, who kindly lent us one of his Barefaced bass cabs for the evening.

Next up came Holly’s feminist Anthem Radical Notions, an earlier song we’ve recently revamped, then the sludgy riffage of Rat Race and the swirling garage psych of Snooker, which we managed to play at a sensible tempo (it can sometimes get fast!).

David’s Pink Gordon Smith guitar made its KMK debut
Punk Poetry from Jen Hart
Punk Poetry from Jen Hart
David plays the Snakes riff!
Nat wields the Phantom bass
Holly’s vox on top form
The Chelsea was a real sweat box
Cat!
AJ thumping the skins!

To extend the set Narcisstic Tendencies, the first song we ever wrote, made a comeback before Cat assumed lead vocal duties on her song, Och Aye!, which is becoming a real audience favourite. The other big new tune making only its second appearance was the eponymous Kiss Me, Killer, which is starting to sound punchy as hell live too.

Ina of Life in a Trash Can Photography was on hand again to capture the gig, and Cheri also took some great shots. Short of any last-minute gigs there’s a bit of a break now while we get to work on our debut EP!

Filed Under: Gigs Tagged With: ash judd, banjo, chelsea inn, easton, jenn hart, KMK, poetry, punk, riot grrrl

See us at Fishlock Promotions’ Punk half dayer

30th March 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Kiss Me, Killer will be playing Fishlock Promotions’s punk rock Easter Monday (17 April) half-dayer the The Chelsea Inn, Easton, Bristol. We love the Chelsea and it saw us perform for the first time in public back in February.

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Kiss me, Killer’s last outing at The Chelsea Inn (photo credit: Meg Manley Photography)

rock gig flyerTopping the bill will be Scottish pop punkers The Murderburgers following a stellar lineup including:

BILLY LIAR Acoustic punk from Scotland

THE PISDICABLES Ska punk from London

NOSEBLEED Garage punk from Leeds

LOST AVENUE Punk from Northern Ireland

TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR Acoustic punk from Scotland

KISS ME, KILLER  Riot grrrl garage punk from Bristol

INVINCIBLE PIGS Folk punk from Bristol

Bands will be on from 4pm – 11pm. It’s pay what you want entry with £5 suggested donation.

You can find The Chelsea here:

The Chelsea Inn
Easton, Bristol
BS5 6AU

For any updates, check out the Facebook page.

Filed Under: Gigs Tagged With: bs5, easton, fishlock promotions, gigs, live music, punk rock, riot grrl, the chelsea inn

Catch Kiss Me Killer at The Red Lion 9 April

28th March 2017 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

Kiss me killer will be hitting The Red Lion, St George on Sunday 9 April at a gig presented by local promotors Never Fall Into Silence.

The four band lineup is headlined by sludge/grunge/doom band Civilised Worm, supported by fuzz grunge punkers Forever in Debt, minimal drone mongers Children and of course Kiss Me, Killer.

It’s a free entry/donations show.

If you want to save a little on postage, come buy one of our new tshirts at the show, which we believe will be ready for purchase. There’ll also been limited supplies of DIY patches, pin badges and stickers.

Filed Under: Gigs Tagged With: bristol, drone, easton, gigs, grunge, punk, riot grrl, sludge, stoner

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KMK to support the MARTYRIALS at The Louisiana, Bristol

KMK to support the MARTYRIALS at The Louisiana, Bristol

29th May 2018 By Davidkmk Leave a Comment

The band will be supporting the incendiary MARTYRIALS at Bristol’s iconic Louisiana venue on 17 August. MARTYRIALS is a high energy psychedelic synth-punk outfit pumping out and explosive blend of punk, glam and Rock and Roll. Punk ethics meet space-delay driven psychedelia like if the Ramones had synthesizers or if System of a Down met […]

Kiss Me, Killer to make Devon debut

It’s taken us a while but we’re finally playing Exeter at the famous Cavern club on 15 May. The gig, entitled, All in Riot Grrrl, will feature some of the best in punk rock from the West Country, including Bristol legends Drunken Butterfly and Bath’s top feminist anti-folk exponent, Yonic. Tickets are available for a […]

Bristol’s NITELIFE Magazine covers Hell Hath No Fury’s Menstruals gig

Go into any of Bristol hipper cafes, haunts and night spots and you’re sure to have seen, or even picked up, a copy of Nitelife Magazine, which showcases the best is the city’s nightlife. Nitelife has clearly cottoned on to the now exploding new wave of punk bands emerging both in Bristol and across the […]

AJ drum depping for Drunken Butterfly at Bristol Dream Wife gig

KMK drummer AJ will by deputising on drums for seminal Bristol riot grrrl band, Drunken Butterfly who are supporting Dream Wife at the Exchange venue Dream Wife is a punk band from Brighton who released debut album Dream Wife in January and have really been blowing up big time in the UK. Go check ’em […]

AJ and Cheri star in new video by The Menstrual Cramps

Kiss Me, Killer’s drummer AJ and ‘sixth-member’ Cheri have featured in The Menstrual Cramps all-new video for their song ‘I like that Top’. It’s an amazing piece of work so go watch immediately.

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Punk superstars of Instagram

Punk superstars of Instagram

Recently we hit the big 600 follower mark on Instagram, the social network for people who can’t be arsed with words and just what an eyeful of pictures and videos. To mark this achievement here are some of our high-rating videos from the last year. Enjoy! Playing our eponymous song, Kiss me, Killer at the […]

Holly’s lyric sheets

Holly’s lyric sheets

Holly never knows when inspiration may strike when it comes to a good song. Here are some of her hand-written lyrics.

David’s top punk tunes

David’s top punk tunes

Kiss Me, Killer guitarist David lists a few of his favourite punk tunes in no particular order. From the Cradle to the Grave – [SUB][HUM][ANS] After buying of those bumper punk compilations as a 13 year old for no money I was looking for more. Taunton’s Our Price offered up a cassette, which cost £3 […]

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